| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,769 | There are two different pilot bushings. If the engine was originally equipped with a Powerglide there is a special diameter bushing that converts it for use with a standard transmission. Be sure the starter and the flywheel match- - - -the 56 would have been equipped with a 12 volt starter, and the 216 would have used a 6 volt unit. There is a gear tooth mismatch between 6 and 12 volt starters and flywheels, although the 6 volt starter works OK on 12 volts. Just be sure the starter and flywheel come from the same vintage vehicle. Runout isn't usually an issue except where the fit between a Hydramatic trans and an engine block not originally mated to a hydramatic is involved. Jerry
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